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BBC Politics10 Jun 2026

Starmer dithering over defence spending, says Badenoch

The clash at PMQs comes amid a cabinet battle over how a military investment plan will be funded.

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The Guardian Politics10 Jun 2026

Reform deputy says ‘not aware’ of more financial gifts but unable to check all members

Richard Tice grilled at first party press conference since £5m gift to Nigel Farage from crypto billionaire revealed Reform UK is “not aware” of any other large gifts to Nigel Farage or other senior party figures apart from the £5m from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, but cannot check every member’s bank accounts, the party’s deputy leader has said. Richard Tice, who is second in command to Farage, was given a grilling over the controversial £5m gift as the party gave its first press co

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Express Politics10 Jun 2026

Migration crisis must be treated as a 'national security issue', terrorism tsar warns

Jonathan Hall told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood "national security is the health of the nation", with tensions over immigration threatening to rip communities into pieces.

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The Guardian Politics10 Jun 2026

Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again | John Harris

For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online It was the summer of 2024 when it all decisively started, with the horrific murders in Southport, countrywide violence and Elon Musk’s observation that a British civil war was somehow “inevitable”. A year later came a hot season of flags on lamp-posts, protests outside hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers, the ubiquitous use of the word “tinderbox” and

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?

1 Melanie Ward LAB 2 Richard Burgon LAB 3 Lauren Edwards LAB 4 Rushanara Ali LAB 5 Ayoub Khan IND 6 Liz Twist LAB 7 Richard Tice REF 8 David Burton-Sampson LAB 9 James McMurdock IND 10 Sean Woodcock LAB 11 Tom Gordon LIB 12 Adrian Ramsay GRN 13 Hannah Spencer GRN 14 Freddie van…

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Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too

Most bizarrely, Brits abelieve the NHS generates a 34 per cent profit but It is, of course, not profitable in any way. And its sacred nature generates a consensus that anything else would be a moral transgression. That attitude pervades throughout public services. The post Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Reeves Says She Will Hike Taxes Again to Pay for Defence Boost

Rachel Reeves told an investors’ conference last night that “borrowing can’t be the only answer” to hiking defence spending: “The money has to come from somewhere… Everyone can see the challenges. We are spending 2.6% of GDP from next April and the pressures are only going in one direction.” Reeves is currently battling John Healey…

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

LIVE: Reform Hosts Press Conference on Fly-Tipping Crackdown

Richard Tice and Warwickshire County Council Leader George Finch are hosting a press conference on Reform’s ‘plan to bring back civic pride’. There will be a Q&A afterwards. Watch along above…

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Express Politics10 Jun 2026

Tories to force vote to protect veteran and youth rail discounts

The Conservatives will force a Commons vote to protect rail discounts for veterans, armed forces families and young people amid Labour nationalisation fears.

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Express Politics10 Jun 2026

Charity shop closures gives way to spread of cancer killing off our high streets

OPINION - TIM NEWARK: The only sector booming in town centres is criminal activity

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Express Politics10 Jun 2026

World Cup mania could encourage truancy as parents urged to send children to school

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson sent an urgent warning to parents

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Sky News Politics9 Jun 2026

Growing unease over UK's stuttering efforts to rearm

The UK could yet unveil all – or parts – of a long-delayed investment plan for defence by Friday, but a disagreement on funding is still unresolved, it is understood.

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